Aerial ropeway.



C. W'. HENRY.

AERIAL ROPBWAY.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 2o, 190s.

909,794. Patented Jan. 12,1909.

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imeoaeo N f s l Q C. W. HENRY.

AERIAL ROPEWAY.

APPLIUATION FILED N0v.z0,1908.

909,794. Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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CZARY W. HENRY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

AERIAL ROPEWAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed November 20, 1908. Serial No. 468,688.

T o all whom 'it' may concern.'

Be it known that I, CEZARY WV. HENRY, a citizen of the United States ofBrazil, residing at Detroit, in the county of 7ayne and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AerialItopeways; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in telpher andtowing apparatus or aerial tramways and comprises various details ofconstruction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will behereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in theappended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a side elevation of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is adetailed perspective view of a portion of the invention. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view showing the manner of fastening the ends of therope tracks. Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective view of a modified forniof track. F ig. 5 is a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. t. Fig.6 is a sectional View on line 6-6 of Fig. t. Fig. 7 is a detailed viewshowing the means for operating the brake mechanism. Fig. 8 is avertical sectional view showing parts in elevation. Fig. 9 is a detailin side elevation. Fig. l0 is a detail perspective view of a modifiedform of track, and Fig. ll is a detail perspective view showing themanner of fastening` the collar to a rack bar.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a car which may be of any size or shape and to the top of thecar are pivotally connected the hangers B, and a rope C is connected toone of said hangers and passes about a pulley C, thence about a drum C2upon the shaft C3, thence passes over a second drum C4 mounted upon theshaft C5 and then eX- tends over a pulley C and is fastened to the otherhanger, as shown clearly in l of the drawings.

D, I) designate sleeves, each of which is swivelly mounted upon a pivotD fastened to the rack bar E, and F, F designate pinion Wheels mountedupon the shafts C3 and C5 respectively and adapted to engage the teethof said bar rack. 'l'he tracks, there being two parallel to each other,are designated in the drawings by letter I-I and may be either of ropeor a solid rigid bar H, as shown in Fig. l0 of the drawings, said tracksbeing suitably mounted. The truck of the apparatus comprises the axles Gupon which grooved sheaves Gr are mounted and adapted to ride upon saidtracks, and I designate casings for said sheaves. Brace bars l arefastened to said casing at the end of the axle and their lower ends areangled as at K and upon which are journaled the double grooved pulleysL. Mounted intermediate the double pulleys L is av pulley L2 mountedupon the end of a brace rod L3, the upper end of which is connected tothe axle Gr, and a crank handle L is fastened to the pulley L2 andprovides means whereby the same may be rotated. One portion of eachpulley L has a cam L4 in the grooves thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 7of the drawings, and M, M designate two brake members pivoted togetherat M, the upper ends of said members being adapted to frictionally gripthe track or cable for the purpose of applying a brake to the tramway. Abelt, designated by letter N, passes about the double pulleys and alsothe central pulley, the belt being constructed as shown and so arrangedthat, when the pulley L2 is rotated, the double pulleys may be turned sothat the brake members will grip or release the track or cables, thereleasing being eifected by the spreading of the lower ends of themembers M and made to grip the track or cables when said members areengaged by the narrow portions of the cams.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, I have shown a means for holding the two endsof sections of the track or rope to the hanger S by grooving theadjacent edges of the downwardly projecting arms of said hanger S andthe intermediate block S and causing the cable or rope to be heldfrictionally to the hanger.

In operation, the apparatus is mounted upon the cables or tracks in themanner shown and, by the provision of the rack bar which engages thepinions which in turn are connected to the hangers B, the car may bekept at all times in a horizontal position though the truck may deviatefrom such position. Said truck, it will be noted, has a Ile movementbackward and forward through the sleeves D so that, whenthe truck goesup or down, the hangers B begin to move backward and forward and push orpulll the rack whichl in turn communicates the motion to the pinions anddrums or cylinders C2 which will cause one end or the other of the carto be raised or lowered.

Vhen it is desired to apply the brakes, it may be done at either end ofthe car by simply causing the crank handle L to be rotated through whichsaid hangers are adapted toV have longitudinal movements, pulleys uponthe truck, drums, shafts upon whichY the same are mounted, pinion wheelsfixed to said shafts and in mesh with said rack bars, and a cableconnected to said hangers and passing about said pulleys and drums, asset forth.

2. An aerial tramway apparatus comprising tracks, a truck having groovedsheaves mounted upon the axles thereof and resting upon said tracks, acar suspended from said truck, a brake mechanism carried by the truckand adapted to frictionally engage said tracks, hangers pivotallyconnected to the car, alongitudinally movable rack bar', sleevesswivelecl thereon and through which said hangers have longitudinalmovements,

drums, shafts upon which the same are mounted, pinions rotating withsaid drums and in mesh with said rack bar, and a cable connected to theends of said hangers and passing about said pulleys and drums, as setforth.

8. In combination with aerial tram tracks, a truck having grooved wheelsmounted upon said tracks, casings for said wheels, a

car suspended from the truck, means for holding the latter horizontally,bars secured to said truck, grooved pulleys mounted upon said bars, saidpulleys having cam grooves, pivotal brake members adapted to be actuatedby said cam grooves to grip the tram track, and means for rotating saidpulleys, as set forth.

4. In combination with aerial tram tracks,

ay truck having grooved wheels mounted upon said tracks, casings forsaid wheels, a ar suspended from the truck, means for `uolding thelatter horizontally, bars secured co said truck, grooved pulleys mountedupon said bars, said pulleys having cam grooves, pivotal brake membersadapted to be actue ated by said cam grooves to. grip the tram track, apulley intermediatesaid cam grooved pulleys, and belted connectionsbetween the pulleys whereby the cam grooved pulleys may be rotated toactuate said brake inembers, as set forth.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CEZARY l/V. HENRY. lVitnesses HUGH MoCoRMroK, J oHN E. MGGILL.

